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Project Name Data (Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
 

Flora Data (Last Modified On 11/19/2012)
Species LAELIA RUBESCENS Lindl.
PlaceOfPublication Bot. Reg. 26: Misc. p. 20, t. 41. 1840.
Synonym Laelia peduncularis Lindl loc. cit. 28: Misc. p. 9. 1842.
Description Caespitose epiphytic herbs up to 60 cm. tall. Pseudobulbs 1.5-7 cm. long and 1.5-4 cm. broad, oval to orbicular, ancipitous, 1-, rarely 2-, leaved. Leaves 4-20 cm. long and 2-4.5 cm. broad, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, obtuse, cori- .aceous. Inflorescence a long-pedunculate, few- to several-flowered raceme, termi- nal or rarely appearing laterally on undeveloped bulbs; bracts up to 1 cm. long, chartaceous, cucullate; flowers small to fairly large, white, or white with the base of the lip lavender to pink, or lavender throughout. Sepals 2-4.5 cm. long and 0.2-0.7 cm. broad, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, obtuse or acutish. Petals 2-4.5 cm. long and 0.3-1.5 cm. broad, elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse or acute. Lip 1.5-3.5 cm. long and up to -1.5 cm. broad, shorter than the sepals and petals, 3- lobed, provided with several inconspicuous longitudinal ridges; lateral lobes short, rounded and obtuse, enfolding the column; terminal lobe oblong-oval, blunt or retuse.
Distribution Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
Specimen CHIRIQUI: "N. W. corner of Chiriqui, near the Gulf of Dulce," cultivated by Powell 64.
 
 
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